Exam 6: Connecting with the Social World

All of the following are considered critical influences on the initial development of attachment bonds EXCEPT:

All of the following statements are true EXCEPT:

Jose is 4 weeks old.He shows attachment-related behaviors but does not seem to target them to particular individuals.According to Bowlby, Jose is in which phase?

Niles is 8 months old and has just begun using his father as a secure base for exploration.According to Bowlby, Niles is in which phase?

Which type of theorist believes that bonds emerge by being associated with positively reinforcing stimuli?

Differentiate between insecure/avoidant and insecure/resistant attachment styles.

All of the following are true of Freud's view of infant-parent bonds EXCEPT:

Thomas, a 10-month-old, is in a new environment and not quite sure how to respond.He looks at his father's facial expression to learn more.This is an example of:

A team of researchers examined children who had been in institutions in Russia, in which the facility was very clean and the staff worked to meet the children's physical needs, but children did not receive much close care and support.These researchers found that the children in these institutions:

Matilda, a 14-month-old, participates in the Strange Situation with her father.She cries and is clearly in distress when he leaves.She is delighted to see him again when he returns.Matilda would most likely be classified as demonstrating a(n):

Martin and his father are looking at a pencil in a reciprocal fashion, which lets the other know they are both referencing this object.This illustrates:

Which type of infants seems to have more successful social abilities in childhood?

Regarding the Strange Situation paradigm, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Infants who show fewer negative reactions during the still face paradigm tend to:

Grant, a 16-month-old, is participating in the Strange Situation with his mother.Grant melts down when his mother leaves and sobs uncontrollably.When his mother returns, Grant runs to be with her but appears quite angry.Grant would most likely be classified as demonstrating a(n):

As an infant, Thomas's mother provided him with sensitive caregiving.As an adult Thomas is likely to be:

Which of the following statements is true?

Both psychoanalytic theorists and learning theorists focused on the importance of feeding to the attachment relationship.How do these perspectives differ in terms of why they view feeding as important?

What is joint attention and how does it contribute to attachment?

A monkey is put in a cage with two surrogate mothers: a wire-frame mother, which supplied milk, and a terry-cloth mother, which supplied no nutrition.The monkey will likely: